Rudy's Corner

 

Beings that I was born into a country that was dominated by socialistic nationalism which as another form of communism and have lived briefly under soviet communism, and had close family that lived  45 years under soviet communism I was certain that I knew something about communism.  But, I was wrong to the point when ask what is communism I stuttered.     Perhaps you like to take a crack at it and explain what communism is.    By chance I came across a book that just came out this month and downloaded it to my kindle and have been unable to put it down since I started reading it.  I urge my followers to do the same.   It’s available for Amazon for downloading onto your kindle Also Friday October 2, 2020, and twice monthly thereafter I am going to republish my stories that were feature in the Morton Times News under the heading "Know you local History",during the early years of this decade. Enjoy.  Rudy ...

I could not find a copy of the entire story dated July 16, 2014, but found the draft for the original, you might enjoy reading it. I you like this story I have plenty more. Know your local history ...  A front-page comparison article in a recent Morton Times News compared real estate taxes to surrounding communities and behold Morton was listed with the lowest rate per assessed value.  No wonder so many people migrate to Morton.  Naturally, it fired up my curiosity gene and required follow up.  I found one of the reason but certainly not all and a subject affecting the community just like South Carolina's congressman Trey Gawdy's  IRS investigation,  cannot be brushed aside and forgotten,  I intent to touch on it again.   From immediate information obtained from reliable sources I discovered that 115 homes had been sold in Morton thus far this year of which 14 were new construction for 4.5 million dollars or...